[TowerTalk] Short Booms

[Jerry Keller]

The 3 element SteppIR has only a 16 foot boom, yet has achieved a strong
following of users who think it's the best thing since the yagi was
invented.  I can't do the math, but it would seem that tuned elements are
more important.  Comments?   Jerry K3BZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ward Silver" <hwardsil at centurytel.net>
To: "Towertalk Reflector" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:11 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Short Booms


> > No amount of clever engineering in areas of element interaction, feed
> > efficiency, tuning networks (i.e. - traps), impedance matching gadgetry,
> > etc. can make up for a short boom.
> >
> > True?
> >
> > 73 - Bryan W4WMT
>
> In terms of raw forward gain, true, but short-boom antennas can be
designed
> to manage the bedeviling secondary factors in ways that make them better
> antennas than poorly implemented long-boom antennas.  Antennas are complex
> critters with a lot of parameters to consider - bandwidth, front-to-back,
> SWR, feedpoint impedance, and mechanical robustness - that require
> compromises in gain.  In determining bang for the buck, one has to define
> "bang" pretty carefully.
>
> 73, Ward N0AX
>
>
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